How to pronounce “break down”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
• (intransitive) To unexpectedly collapse, physically or in structure.
• (transitive) To intentionally demolish; to pull down.
• (intransitive) To fail, especially socially or for political reasons.
• (intransitive, idiomatic) To give in or give up: relent, concede, surrender.
• (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
• (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become weak and ineffective.
• (ergative) To (cause to) decay, to decompose.
• To separate into a number of parts.
• (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
• (ergative) To digest.
• [Noun]
• Misspelling of breakdown.

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